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Online Platforms and Social Networks for the Creation of Research Profiles Farmacia Hospitalaria ISSN: 1130-6343 ISSN: 2171-8695 Grupo Aula Médica Online platforms and social networks for the creation of research profiles López-Hermoso, Clara; Gil-Navarro, María Victoria; Abdel-Kader-Martín, Laila; Santos-Ramos, Bernardo Online platforms and social networks for the creation of research profiles Farmacia Hospitalaria, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020 Grupo Aula Médica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=365963365006 DOI: 10.7399/fh.11304 PDF generated from XML JATS4R by Redalyc Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative SPECIAL ARTICLE Online platforms and social networks for the creation of research profiles Plataformas online y redes sociales para la creación de perfiles de investigación Clara López-Hermoso 1 [email protected] Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Spain María Victoria Gil-Navarro 1 Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Spain Laila Abdel-Kader-Martín 1 Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Spain Bernardo Santos-Ramos 1 Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Spain Farmacia Hospitalaria, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020 Abstract: Nowadays, scientific communication is enriched by the use of new ways of Grupo Aula Médica storing, publishing and disseminating research findings. Said new ways of scientific communication are known as the so-called academic profile platforms, which include Received: 25 July 2019 Scopus author ID, ORCID, Publons and Kudos and -on the other hand- social research Accepted: 17 November 2019 networks, including Research-Gate, Academia.edu and Google Scholar citations. ese DOI: 10.7399/.11304 tools have a main objective: enhancing both visibility and impact of contents and publications. ey are multidisciplinary web pages that contain individual research Copyright (c) 2020 Farmacia profiles with network hyperlinks to magazines, databases and other sources. In some Hospitalaria cases, bibliometric indicators are included, which allow measuring the impact caused CC BY-NC-ND by studies based on literature. is study compares the main online platforms, as well as some of the social research networks that currently exist for the creation of research profiles. KEYWORDS: Online platforms, Social research networks, Researcher profile, Visibility, Diffusion. Resumen: Hoy en día, la comunicación científica se está viendo enriquecida debido a la utilización de nuevos modos de almacenamiento, publicación y difusión de los resultados. Entre ellos se encuentran las denominadas plataformas de perfiles académicos, dentro de las cuales se encuadrarían Scopus author ID, ORCID, Publons y Kudos y, por otro lado, las redes sociales de investigación, entre las que se incluirían ResearchGate, Academia.edu y Google Scholar citations. Estas herramientas tienen como principal objetivo aumentar la visibilidad e impacto de los contenidos y publicaciones. Son páginas web multidisciplinares que contienen perfiles investigadores individuales con hipervínculos en red a revistas, bases de datos y otras fuentes. En algunos casos incluyen indicadores bibliométricos, que permiten medir el impacto causado por un trabajo a partir de la literatura. En este artículo se comparan las principales plataformas online, así como algunas de las redes sociales de investigación que existen hoy día para la creación de perfiles de investigación. PALABRAS CLAVE: Plataformas online, Redes sociales de investigación, Perfil de investigador, Visibilidad, Difusión. PDF generated from XML JATS4R by Redalyc Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Clara López-Hermoso, et al. Online platforms and social networks for the creation of research profiles Introduction e diffusion of research results is no longer restricted to the traditional academic community. More and more researchers are sharing their publications on social networks such as Twitter or Facebook in an attempt to gain more readers, citations and social impact1. Along with these more generalist social networks, the so-called social research networks have emerged, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu or Google Scholar citations. eir main objective is to provide connection among scientists to share updated information, exchange opinions and access resources of interest instantly and easily2-4. A study showed that researchers also use these social research networks to share their academic profiles5, although online platforms specifically designed for this purpose are more appropriate. ese academic profile platforms are online tools that allow identifying a researcher and linking them with their scientific production, enhancing their research results’ visibility. In other words, these tools make a researcher’s scientific history known in a grouped, systematic and updated way. ey primarily consist of a website with different direct Internet access for each researcher, where their main data of current affiliation, their professional career and their academic merits are submitted, usually highlighting articles of scientific journals, which can be sorted by dates, themes, etcetera. Some of these platforms allow obtaining bibliometric indicators from the author. It is thought that having a profile on these platforms enhances the value of the researchers’ scientific production, as well as achieves an increase in citations6. Additionally, these platforms are used both for the evaluation and accreditation of professors and researchers in their work environment, as well as for the identification and evaluation of authors, reviewers and editors of scientific journals7. Some of these academic profiles platforms arise from the large databases of scientific articles, which have adjusted their online tools to periodically provide updated information on researchers and authors, linking these profiles to all their information. For instance, Publons is a tool associated with Web of Science (WoS), and Scopus author ID is associated with Scopus. e content’s accuracy, transparency and integrity on such platforms are the characteristics that should be sought when deciding which ones to use, as well as considering the scientific prestige of its founders and moderators8. ese tools have great potential in terms of visibility, but they can also be problematic if they serve for the diffusion of merits achieved in a more or less fraudulent way. Another potential problem stems from the fact that some of these platforms may be infringing the journals’ copyright, leading to conflicts between the author, the editorial committee, the publishing house and the online platform when articles not published under Open Access formats are disseminated. PDF generated from XML JATS4R by Redalyc Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2020, 44(1), Jan-Feb, ISSN: 1130-6343 / 2171-8695 e objective of this study is to analyze and compare the main systems for the creation of research profiles, such as online platforms or social research networks. General characteristics of online platformsand social networks for the creation of research profiles e most relevant characteristics are shown in Tables 1 and Table 2, respectively, while its main bibliometric indicators are shown in Table 3. Table 1 Main online platforms for the creation of research profiles9-12 a e platform is able to associate the author with their institutional or professional affiliation. b e platform groups different ways of naming the author in the same profile. c Possibility of displaying an image of the author. d Languages in which the platform is presented. e Possibility of making the profile public, private or visible to certain people. f Opportunity to associate the profile with the co-author(s) of the scientific papers they have published jointly. g Combination with another online tool to be able to transfer all data from one platform to another. h Opportunity to include scientific papers published in scientific journals. i Possibility of showing doctoral theses. PDF generated from XML JATS4R by Redalyc Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Clara López-Hermoso, et al. Online platforms and social networks for the creation of research profiles Table 2 Social research networks13-15 a e platform is able to associate the author with their institutional or professional affiliation. b e platform groups different ways of naming the author in the same profile. c Possibility of displaying an image of the author. d Languages in which the platform is presented. e Possibility of making the profile public, private or visible to certain people. f Opportunity to associate the profile with the co-author(s) of the scientific papers they have published jointly. g Combination with another online tool to be able to transfer all data from one platform to another. h Opportunity to include scientific papers published in scientific journals. i Possibility of showing doctoral theses. Table 3 Main bibliometric indexes of some of the existing platforms for researcher profiles * Index h is short for Hirsch index, which is a metric citation benchmark used to measure the impact of an author or journal’s publication. It is defined as (h) value when either the journal or the researcher have been cited at least n times. at is, if the index is worth n, then n publications have been cited more than n times16. ** Index i10 implies the number of publications with at least 10 citations. is measure is very simple and has the advantage that it is very easy to calculate, and Google Scholar citations are free and easy to use. A clear disadvantage to this approach is that
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